Iran claims cyberattacks on nuclear facilities

Iran claims it detected and defused massive cyberattacks on its nuclear facilities.

Iran's Intelligence Minister Heydar Moslehi said on June 21, 2012, that the US, Israel and Britain had planned a "massive" cyberattack on Iran's nuclear facilities. He said Iran had taken "necessary measures." (Mehdi Marizad/AFP/Getty Images)

"Based on obtained information, America and the Zionist regime (Israel) along with the MI6 planned an operation to launch a massive cyber attack against Iran's facilities following the meeting between Iran and the P5+1 in Moscow," he said, according to Iran's English-language Press TV.

Moslehi also said Iran had taken "necessary measures" against the attacks.

On Tuesday, The Washington Post published an article citing Western officials, stating that the US and Israel were behind the development of the Flame virus which was found infecting several computers in Iran and around the Middle East.

A Western diplomat told Israeli newspaper Haaretz that one of the major obstacle during the nuclear talks was the underground facility enriching uranium at Fordo.